Céline Beigbeder

Céline Beigbeder (born 25 February 1975) is a former professional tennis player from France.

Céline Beigbeder
Country (sports) France
Born (1975-02-25) 25 February 1975
Bayonne, France
Retired2005
PlaysRight-handed
Prize money$149,062
Singles
Career record128-89
Career titles9 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 84 (15 April 2002)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open1R (2002)
French Open1R (2001, 2002, 2003)
Wimbledon1R (2002)
Doubles
Career record6-5
Career titles1 ITF

Biography

Beigbeder was born in Bayonne, a city in south-western France, the daughter of Jean-Pierre and Nicole. The highlights of her junior career include winning the French national championships in 1993 and making the Orange Bowl quarter-finals in 1994. Her former coach and educator was Jean Michel Etchebarne. Finishing school in 1994, she competed for several years on the ITF circuit.[1]

It wasn't until 2001, aged 26, that she committed to professional tennis full-time. At her first WTA Tour tournament, the 2001 Internationaux de Strasbourg, she made it into the main draw as a qualifier and reached the semi-finals, with wins over Tamarine Tanasugarn, Sarah Pitkowski and Ai Sugiyama. She was granted a wilcard into the 2001 French Open and was beaten in the first round by Elena Dementieva.[2] Her five ITF titles in 2001 included two $50,000 events as well as a win over Jelena Jankovic en route to the title at Lenzerheide. By the end of the year her ranking had risen to 101 in the world.

In 2002 she broke into the world's top 100, peaking at 84 in April, with main draw appearance at the Australian Open, French Open and Wimbledon. She was a quarter-finalist at both the Copa Colsanitas and the Internazionali Femminili di Palermo in the 2002 season.

ITF finals

Singles (9–2)
Legend
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Runner-up 1. 15 November 1998 Le Havre, France Clay Stéphanie Foretz 6–1, 4–6, 3–6
Winner 2. 13 August 2000 Périgueux, France Clay Virginie Pichet 6–1, 6–1
Winner 3. 22 April 2001 Gelos, France Clay Laurence Andretto 6–2, 6–2
Winner 4. 24 June 2001 Lenzerheide, Switzerland Clay Anousjka van Exel 6–3, 6–0
Winner 5. 1 July 2001 Mont-de-Marsan, France Clay Angelika Rösch 6–1, 6–1
Winner 6. 5 August 2001 Saint-Gaudens, France Clay Julia Vakulenko 6–4, 6–1
Winner 7. 9 September 2001 Denain, France Clay Lubomira Bacheva 6–4, 6–0
Winner 8. 7 July 2002 Mont-de-Marsan, France Clay Alexandra Kravets 7–5, 6–1
Runner-up 9. 29 June 2003 Perigueux, France Clay Anabel Medina Garrigues 1–6, 2–6
Winner 10. 24 August 2003 San Marino, San Marino Clay Kildine Chevalier 6–3, 6–1
Winner 11. 9 November 2003 Villenave-d'Ornon, France Clay Betina Pirker 6–1, 6–1

Doubles (1-0)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Winner 1. 19 October 2003 Carcavelos, Portugal Clay Rosa María Andrés Rodríguez Romy Farah
Neuza Silva		 6–2, 1–0 ret.

References
  1. "Bio". WTA Tennis. Retrieved 2 February 2018.
  2. Roberts, Selena (6 June 2001). "Grand Slam Events Study Increasing Seedings to 32 Players". The New York Times. Retrieved 2 February 2018.
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